A usual summer day at University Park for a Penn State football player may include lifting various weights under the guide of strength and condition coach Craig Fitzgerald before self-organizing with taped fingers and ankles to toss the football around. Tuesday, though, lifting and taping took on a different meaning.

This frame grab courtesy of KFOR TV shows the aftermath of a massive tornado as much as a mile wide with winds up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, May 20, 2013. Penn State players packaged items to be shipped to the storm ravaged area Tuesday, May 28. (AP Photo/Courtesy KFOR TV)

"Today, we're all loading boxes up with t-shirts, hoodies, and water bottles to give to the victims of the horrible tornado in Oklahoma. You know, it's a great cause, and we're happy to help out here at Penn State," placekicker Sam Ficken said.

"Great as a university, and also a football team, to help out kids that don't really have anything," running back Akeel Lynch added. "Their homes got destroyed, schools got destroyed, roads got destroyed. So, just to give hoodies, and little things we have to them, I just think it's very beneficial."

Center Ty Howle took another mindset to the cause, citing the help he and his teammates have received since the Jerry Sandusky Scandal ultimately led to NCAA sanctions against the program last July.

To him, community is important at State, and he realized it's just as important elsewhere, too.

"Since we've been here at Penn State, it's something we've got a lot of involvement in," Howle said. "Being able to help other people, because we've had a lot of help along the way as well; being able to go out and affect a community, you know, is a big thing here for our team, and our university."